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New Delhi is implementing extensive security and traffic measures for the upcoming BRICS Summit. NEW DELHI: Delhi has been placed under a high-security cover ahead of the two-day 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam, with around 15,000 Delhi Police personnel, 200 companies of paramilitary forces and more than 500 CCTV cameras deployed across the capital.The…

A plumber warned against breaking a load-bearing wall before the Satya Niketan building collapsed. NEW DELHI: Hours before the Satya Niketan building collapsed, a plumber working at the property had warned that breaking a load-bearing wall could bring down the structure, but the warning was allegedly ignored, police said.The warning emerged during the investigation into…

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday sealed 54 shops operating from basements of four building complexes at Old Delhi’s Kucha Mahajani Market, citing violation of Master Plan norms.The action, which comes amid an intensified MCD enforcement drive against dangerous and illegal buildings following the Satya Niketan tragedy, was carried out at 11.30am, following…

New Delhi: Four days after the building collapse in Satya Niketan, Shubham Tyagi, the absconding co-operator of a PG facility that used to run out of four of its floors, told a city court Wednesday that he was being falsely implicated in the case.He claimed that an alleged construction blamed for the collapse was not…

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Thursday suspended three more officials for dereliction of duty and negligence in the discharge of their responsibilities related to unauthorised construction.All three — an assistant engineer and a junior engineer from South West Zone and a junior engineer from Outer Delhi Zone — work in MCD’s building department.The…

New Delhi: Education minister Ashish Sood Thursday said Delhi govt will use vacant and under-utilised govt land and buildings in the city to create student hostels.“Where there is suitable space or suitable govt property, we will examine its use for student accommodation,” Sood said. “We will explore unused buildings in Narela and set up bus…

New Delhi: The investigation into the building collapse in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan has revealed that one of the labourers had allegedly warned the accused against breaking a load-bearing wall, saying it could compromise the structure and cause it to collapse.Police sources said the claim emerged during the investigation and is being verified. According to…

New Delhi: AAP Thursday alleged major discrepancies in the land records and sanctioned building plan of a PG hostel in Satya Niketan, which has been linked to BJP MLA Anil Sharma.“If this hostel, which belongs to Anil Sharma or his family, is legal, then its building sanction plan must have been approved by MCD,” an…

New Delhi: A newborn boy, allegedly sold by his father for Rs 2.5 lakh to a woman in Punjab, was recovered from Haryana’s Jind, police said. Two people, including the father, have been apprehended.Police received a PCR call Wednesday night from a neighbour about the alleged sale. A team reached the location in southwest Delhi’s…

New Delhi: A demand to vacate an ancestral property in West Bengal’s Bardhaman allegedly led a couple to hatch a plan to murder Delhi University professor Debosmita Paul at her residence in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave in June, police have stated in their chargesheet.The couple allegedly took about 15 minutes to enter the society, kill…